From The South

I'm up early in the morning cuz I gotta go get it Tryna hustle for every dollar that the government printed Yeah, they do what they can, I do the job till it's finished I do the prove why I'm qualified for the prize of the mission Hear them dissin' up for views, I can't go out as no gimmick I just speak up from the heart while holdin' on to my image So from start to finish, every lyric I pen it And when they jack, son, they know who's in control Like Janet I'm from the South Ain't no safe zone on them corners bullets touch you then you out Niggas judge you by a cover, but won't read about what you bout Daddy's in and out the system or they in and out the house This the truth up out my mouth, givin' views from the South Off the wake in there's a break get the kids up out the house Ain't no warnings on no warrants, once they take you, then you out You question intentions, you did them right, but they left you out He outside lookin' in, but this just views from the South Rap dreams, hoop dreams, yeah it's shared by many 50 on the speakers, big queens get the money Many men, many, many Whole hood felt it when they went and broke the news about Lenny Goddamn, why Lenny? Years later, Amir I wish the driver skipped her stop, D'Asia would've been here But it's clear, gotta live life, cause that end could be near But at what cost do we chase our dreams in a place full of fear We got mothers birthin' daughters, then they bury they daughters Fathers losin' sons from the bullets, placed in that gun I thank God every day that I made it to 20 Cuz in my hood, you super lucky if you see 21 Them savages try to get you gone by 19, 17, 16 My daddy brother did 16 then disappeared from the scene Survival of the fittest on the very streets of Queens But this some shit you gotta see to believe I'm from the South Ain't no safe zone on them corners bullets touch you then you out Niggas judge you by a cover, but won't read about what you bout Daddy's in and out the system or they in and out the house This the truth up out my mouth, givin' views from the South Off the wake in there's a break get the kids up out the house Ain't no warnings on no warrants, once they take you, then you out You question intentions, you did them right, but they left you out He outside lookin' in, but this just views from the South Yeah, it's views from the South Yeah, it's views from the South, nigga Views from the South So much profit off the re-up, can't get caught up in no drought Some days we inspired, and some days we tired But when the wind blows, you never let it put out the fire I watched niggas come and go when it was down to the wire But for a fact, no niggas in the game realer than Tyra